Show vs Concern - What's the difference?
show | concern |
To display, to have somebody see (something).
* , chapter=22
, title= To bestow; to confer.
To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
, author=John T. Jost, volume=100, issue=2, page=162, magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= To guide or escort.
To be visible, to be seen.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* (1809-1892)
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, title= (informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
(informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
(racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
(obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
(countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
* , chapter=4
, title= (countable) An exhibition of items.
(countable) A demonstration.
(countable) A broadcast program/programme.
(countable) A movie.
(uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance.
* Young
A project or presentation.
The major leagues.
(mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
(obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
* Bible, Luke xx. 46. 47
* (John Milton)
(medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
That which affects one's welfare or happiness.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=April 10, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport
, title= The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict, chapter=22 A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
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(computing, programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
* 2006 , Awais Rashid, ?Mehmet Aksit, Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II (page 148)
(label) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
*(Bible), (w) xxviii. 31
*:Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ.
*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
*:Our wars with France have affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation.
*(James Fenimore Cooper) (1789-1851)
*:ignorant, so far as the usual instruction is concerned
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned , welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
(label) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
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*(Samuel Rogers) (1763-1855)
*:They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favour.
*{{quote-book, year=1935, author=
, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=3
, passage=It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me.
(label) To make somebody worried.
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As nouns the difference between show and concern
is that show is show, spectacle while concern is that which affects one's welfare or happiness.As a verb concern is
(label) to relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.show
English
Alternative forms
* shew (archaic)Verb
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
- to show''' mercy; to '''show favour
Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?, passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.}}
- Just such she shows before a rising storm.
- All round a hedge upshoots, and shows / At distance like a little wood.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed .}}
- My lord of York, it better showed with you.
Usage notes
In the past, shew'' was used as a past tense form and ''shewed as a past participle of this verb; both forms are now archaic.Synonyms
* (display) display, indicate, point out, reveal, exhibit * (indicate a fact to be true) demonstrate, prove * (put in an appearance) arrive, show upAntonyms
* (display) conceal, cover up, hide * (indicate a fact to be true) disprove, refuteDerived terms
* show a clean pair of heels * show ankle * * show off * show one's true colors * show one's true stripes * show somebody the door * show upSee also
* showcase * showdownNoun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show . He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.}}
- I envy none their pageantry and show .
- Let's get on with the show'''. Let's get this '''show''' on the road. They went on an international road '''show''' to sell the shares to investors. It was Apple's usual dog and pony ' show .
- (Raymond)
- Beware of the scribes,which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.
- He through the midst unmarked, / In show plebeian angel militant / Of lowest order, passed.
Synonyms
* (exhibition) exhibition, exposition * (demonstration) demonstration, illustration, proof * program(me) * (mere display with no substance) , front, superficiality * (baseball) big leaguesDerived terms
* showbusiness, showbiz * show business * showlike * showy * talk showSee also
* showman * showpiece * show-stopper * show-stoppingStatistics
*concern
English
Noun
Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle, passage=Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of little concern to Gerard Houllier's team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals.}}
citation, passage=Appleby
What the Muslim World Is Watching," The New York Times (retrieved 26 July 2014):
- Soon after he ascended the throne, an Arabic television joint venture between the BBC and a Saudi concern , Orbit Communications, foundered over the BBC's insistence on editorial independence.
- At the programming level, an aspect is a modular unit that implements a concern .
External links
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(en verb)George Goodchild